Reserve Fleets: What Happens to Retired Warships
Retired ships do not always go straight to the scrapyard. Reserve fleets keep mothballed hulls preserved for years, ready to be reactivated in a crisis.
Fleet
Readiness rates, deployment cycles, crew shortfalls and repair backlogs examined through audit findings and fleet statistics, not commissioning ceremonies.
Patrol Boats and Littoral Fleets: The Small-Ship Comeback
Why the humble patrol boat is the most common warship afloat: the types, the daily coast-guarding jobs, what they carry, and the small-ship comeback.
Submarine Fleets Compared: Diesel-Electric vs Nuclear Boats
Diesel-electric and nuclear submarines compared in plain words: how each type works, what it does well, and why only a few navies run nuclear boats.
Amphibious Ready Groups Explained: Ships, Marines, Missions
What sails in a US amphibious ready group: the three ship types, the Marines and aircraft aboard, and the missions from disaster relief to major war.
How Naval Replenishment Ships Keep a Fleet Fed at Sea
A warship that sails home to resupply is a warship that leaves its post. Underway replenishment lets navies move fuel, food, and ammunition between ships at sea.
Guide: The Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer Fleet, As of 2024
The Arleigh Burke class is the US Navy's principal guided-missile destroyer, in construction since 1988 and in service since 1991.